(sec: unclass:) creating image files of floppies

[Frank Ranner]

"Scott D. Ferguson" wrote:
> 
> What tool do/can I use to create image files from floppies under Linux?
> 
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=somefile.img

cat /dev/fd0 > somefile.img

cp /dev/fd0 somefile.img

and back again ...

cp somefile.img /dev/fd0

dd if=somefile.img of=/dev/fd0

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